May: a month of restoration, and renewed life. Each day brings a new
wonder unfolding in our midst. Today’s music features songs of joy and
vibrant springtime for the new month.
May Music
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Playlist:
8:08 am
- May Night: Overture
- Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Ensemble: Scottish National Orchestra
- Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
- CD/Album: "Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites"
- Record co./Cat #: Chandos 8327
8:18 am
- The Seasons, Op. 37: May & June
- Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Soloists: Barry Douglas, piano
- CD/Album: "Tchaikovsky: Grand Sonata - The Seasons (Excerpts)"
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 7887
8:28 am
- O Lustie May
- Composer: Anonymous (Scottish)
- Ensemble: The Baltimore Consort
- CD/Album: "On the Banks of Helicon"
- Record co./Cat #: Dorian 90139
8:31 am
- Now the Lusty Spring is Seen
- Composer: Anonymous (English, c. 1614)
- Ensemble: Toronto Consort
- Soloists: Meredith Hall, soprano
- CD/Album: "O Lusty May - Renaissance Songs of Spring"
- Record co./Cat #: Dorian 93172
8:33 am
- Basse-Dance "Jouissance"
- Composer: Thoinot Arbeau
- Ensemble: Toronto Consort
- CD/Album: "O Lusty May - Renaissance Songs of Spring"
- Record co./Cat #: Dorian 93172
8:35 am
- Now is the Month of Maying
- Composer: Thomas Morley
- Ensemble: Toronto Consort
- CD/Album: "O Lusty May - Renaissance Songs of Spring"
- Record co./Cat #: Dorian 93172
8:38 am
- Harp Concerto in A
- Composer: Karl Ditters Von Dittersdorf
- Ensemble: Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra
- Soloists: Nicanor Zabaleta, harp
- Conductor: Paul Kuentz
- CD/Album: "Great Works for Harp"
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 439693
9:02 am
- Das Jahr (The Year): April & May
- Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn
- Soloists: Liana Serbescu, piano
- CD/Album: "Fanny Mendelssohn-Nensel - Klavierwerke Vol. 1"
- Record co./Cat #: CPO 999013
9:10 am
- This Sweet & Merry Month Of May
- Composer: William Byrd
- Soloists: The Cambridge Singers
- Conductor: John Rutter
- CD/Album: "Flora Gave Me The Fairest Flowers"
- Record co./Cat #: Collegium 105
9:12 am
- May Song
- Composer: Edward Elgar
- Soloists: Peter Pettinger, piano
- CD/Album: "Elgar: Piano Music"
- Record co./Cat #: Chandos 8438
9:16 am
- 8 German Songs: Maylied
- Composer: Franz Xavier Mozart
- Soloists: Barbara Bonney, soprano ; Malcom Martineau, piano
- CD/Album: "Barbara Bonney - The Other Mozart"
- Record co./Cat #: London 5505
- Note: ("May song")
9:19 am
- Merry Mount, Op. 31: Suite
- Composer: Howard Hanson
- Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
- CD/Album: "Hanson: Symphony No. 4/Serenade/Lament for Beowulf/Pastorale/Merry Mount"
- Record co./Cat #: Delos 3152
9:36 am
- Serenade for Winds, Op. 44
- Composer: Antonin Dvorak
- Ensemble: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
- Conductor: David Shifrin
- CD/Album: "Dvorak Serenade"
- Record co./Cat #: Delos 3152